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Factors Affecting Rural Water Supply:

Size of the community


Standard of living
Water quantity and quality
Cost of water
Habits and manner usage of consumer
Climate
Animals raised by residents
Plants and gardens being maintained by the residents

Rural Sanitation and Hygiene

Inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene result not only in more sickness and death, but also in
higher health costs, lower worker productivity. Lower school enrolment and retention rates of girls,
perhaps most importantly, the denial of the rights of all people to live in dignity.

Providing access to sufficient amounts of safe water, building adequate sanitation facilities, and
introducing effective hygiene behaviours are essential to reduce the burden of diseases worldwide.

Preventable water-borne diseases like diarrheal disease are contracted by a lack of safe water, adequate
sanitation and hygiene practices.

5 Ways to Prevent Water from Pollution

1. Use less water


2. Use environmentally friendly household products
3. Apply natural pesticides and fertilizers
4. Dont litter
5. Dispose of toxic products with care

Practices to Improve Sanitation and Hygiene

Clean water must be kept clean from the source to the point of use.
Fecal matter and other pollution must be kept from contaminating the water source.
Handwashing.

Priority Actions for Rural Sanitation and Hygiene

Operationalize and fund the Zero Open Defecation Program, within the framework of an
equitable rural sanitation and hygiene promotion policy, a capacity building plan, an
implementation plan and a monitoring system.
Develop a financing strategy for the programme that includes public investments to generate
household demand for sanitation, output-based subsidies to the poor and collective incentives
for barangays and LGUs in achieving Zero Open Defecation.
Strengthen rural sanitation promotion via property alleviation, such as the Bottom-Up
Budgeting Process, the National Community Develop Driven Programme and the National Cash
Transfer Programme (4Ps).

Roles of Local Government Units to Improve Rural Sanitation

LGUs promote and sustain rural sanitation and hygiene. They secure additional resources where
necessary from local development funds. Department of Health will coordinate with the LGUs in the
implementing and local policy making role.

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